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The colours of bacteria and fungi

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Received: 21 October 2019
Accepted: 15 March 2026
Published: 5 November 2019
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Talking about colours, a bacteriology laboratory can be compared to a painter’s studio: culture media are like canvasses, bacteria and fungi like paints and sterile loops look like extraordinary paintbrushes. Even Sir Alexander Fleming, the father of penicillin, before making his discovery, took pleasure in painting [...].

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The colours of bacteria and fungi. (2019). Microbiologia Medica, 34(2). https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2019.8631